Jacaena Thorell, 1897

Lu, Ying, Chu, Chang, Li, Shuqiang & Yao, Zhiyuan, 2023, On two new Oedignatha species from Xishuangbanna, China, and the first description of the female of Jacaena menglaensis Mu & Zhang, 2020 (Araneae, Liocranidae), ZooKeys 1144, pp. 197-215 : 197

Genus Jacaena Thorell, 1897

Type species.

Jacaena distincta Thorell, 1897 from Myanmar.

Comments.

The genus is endemic to southeast Asia, and currently contains 16 species. Among these species, seven are known to occur in China: J. aspera (♂♀), J. bannaensis (♂♀), J. jinxini Liu & Xu, 2020 (♂♀), J. luteolus Mu & Zhang, 2020 (♂), J. menglaensis (♂), J. tengchongensis Zhao & Peng, 2013 (♀), and J. zhui (♂♀).